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A girl of only
five years
has recently died in the American city of Amarillo, in Texas, 15 hours after testing positive for coronavirus.
Her parents, Lastassija White and Quincy Drone, have assured that their daughter has passed away after "a short battle with the virus".
The little girl, named
Tagan
, was initially taken to the hospital with constant vomiting, feeling nauseous and tired.
There she was referred to Emergencies, where after several tests she turned out to be positive for
Covid
.
However,
she was not admitted
.
Doctors said, parents have told
NBC
, that Tagan could go home and "would be fine" by not having "obvious" symptoms such as fever or cough.
But the little girl, once home,
continued to weaken
.
The parents called an ambulance in response.
Tagan seemed to be short of breath.
He died shortly after
.
"The doctor told us that our daughter would be fine, but she didn't even turn twenty-four hours. She died in the next fifteen hours," the father assured.
The entire Amarillo Health Department claims to be, NBC has picked up from a statement, "
heartbroken
and our thoughts and prayers are with that particular family and with any family that has lost someone here in our community."
Farewell message on Instagram
The little girl's mother wrote a farewell message in a recent Instagram post: "My sweet love, how am I supposed to continue now?"
See this post on Instagram
The message continues like this: "Please Tagan, my heart is so empty I'm shattered and
I don't know if I'll ever be able to
pull myself
together
, how am I supposed to sleep at night? All I can hear is' Mommy, Can I lie on you? 'Without those words every night I am so lost ... My love, I still question the actions of the gods. How could he save me a week earlier just to do this to me? He could have taken me. would have taken ".
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